A65285:1380
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. Mourn for Sin: Mourning is the Seed (as Basil saith) out of which the Flower of Spiritual Joy Grows, Isa. 57.18▪ I'll restore Comfort to my Mourners.
3. Keep the Book of Conscience fair written; do not, by Presumptuous Sins, blur your Evidences: A good Conscience is the Ark where God puts the hidden Manna.
4. Be often upon your Knees, Pray with Life and Fervency: The same Spirit that fills the Heart with Sighs, fills it with Joys; the same Spirit that indites the Prayer, Seals it. When Hannah had prayed, her Countenance was no more sad, 1 Sam. 1.18. Praying Christians have much Intercourse with God, and none are so like to have the Secrets of his Love imparted, as those who hold Correspondence with him: By a close walking with God, we get these Bunches of Grapes by the way, which are an Earnest of future Happiness.
4. Be often upon your Knees, Pray with Life and Fervency: The same Spirit that fills the Heart with Sighs, fills it with Joys; the same Spirit that indites the Prayer, Seals it. When Hannah had pray'd, her Countenance was no more sad, 1 Sam. 1.18. Praying Christians have much Intercourse with God, and none are so like to have the Secrets of his Love imparted, as those who hold Correspondence with him: By a close walking with God, we get these Bunches of Grapes by the way, which are an Earnest of future Happiness.